Italian recipes

As good as a visit to Mexico! Try this delicious Mexican vegetable pasta bake, which is topped with the all-time favourite Mexican salsa sauce and loaded with cheese, which adds a smooth texture to the dish. The coriander and cumin flavoured white sauce adds more zing to this dish!

Although it requires the preparation of two toppings and a spot of thoughtful arrangement, the Spinach and Bean Pizza is totally worth the little time and effort spent on it. The baked beans with their quintessential sweet and sour flavour complement the creamy spinach topping very well, making this ....

The pastry base is filled with a cheesy white sauce mixed with blanched spinach and American corn to give an attractive colour and flavour to the dish. Try it once and it is sure to become a hot favourite!

Healthful spinach bound in soft cottage cheese flavoured with a novel combination of green chillies and nutmeg powder, is shaped into balls and steamed to make fluffy dumplings. Served with a topping of freshly made herbed tomato sauce, this sumptuous Oriental treat will make a great starter for you ....

Ever imagined introducing spinach into a pizza? Well, here is an exciting Spinach and Cottage Cheese Pizza with a topping of blanched spinach and chunky cottage cheese cubes. With yellow capsicum to complement the colour and flavour of spinach, this pizza becomes a complete winner!

Did you know that the italian word pizza actually means a pie? some classic versions of pizzas have double crusts, are topped and baked similar to pies in large tins, and sliced for serving. The spinach and ricotta pie is a classic whole meal pizza pie of this genre, with an interesting filling of g ....

Celebrate, Italian-style! Gnocchi are Italian dumplings, which are made of spinach, potato and flour. They can either be poached or steamed. These dumplings are made on special occasions or festivals in Italy. Marinara is a chunky tomato sauce cooked with oregano. Put both together, and it is inde ....

Spinach lasagne is an absolute hit with everyone who eats it. Spinach and cottage cheese layered pasta, topped with a rich cheese sauce is simply delicious. You can buy ready-made dry pasta sheets available at provision stores to assemble this recipe quickly.

This traditional Italian dish makes a mildly spiced meal for babies who are fond of bland, yet tasty food. The vegetables provide vitamins and fibre while the cheese adds protein and calcium to your baby's diet.

Strawberry tart is a ravishing and luscious tea-time delicacy of dainty pastry tartlets filled with slices of fresh strawberries, honey and whipped cream, and garnished with almonds. When strawberries are not in season, you can use fresh mangoes to make mango tarts instead.

This italian flat bread has got its name from the latin word focus, which means "hearth". Italian style ingredients such as roasted peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, fragrant fresh or firm ripe tomatoes will complement this bread dough to perfection. I have used a combination of cottage cheese (p ....